Manic Street Preachers: Pathetic…
Tom Hibbert, Q, May 1992
Well it is, isn't It? You expected to be confronted by a group of palace-torching, system-smashing situationist art guerillas and you wind up having a quiet drink with four shy Welsh blokes. "We're just a bit useless, really," The Manic Street Preachers confess to Tom Hibbert.
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